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With The Patricias, Vol.1 – Holding The Line

SiteAdmin — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:21:14 +0000

In this 126 page volume (January-May, 1915) Steve Newman covers the early days of the Patricias near St. Eloi, leading up to and including The Battle of Bellwaerde Ridge, May 8, 1915, when the PPCLI suffered 400 casualties. The book includes a detailed Roll of Honour, Honours & Awards, list of cemeteries, battlefield tour, many biographies, etc.

by Stephen Newman

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Mopping Up

SiteAdmin — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:20:27 +0000

Jack Munroe was already a legend before the First World War. His Heavyweight bouts against the world’s best, Champion J.J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson had made him a celebrity. Munroe’s mining and prospecting exploits only added to his reputation. But when war was declared he gave it all up, went to Ottawa and enlisted in the PPCLI. And when he went to war he brought along his faithful collie, Bobbie Burns (Eric Knight’s inspiration for Lassie).

Mopping Up! Is Munroe’s personal story, thinly veiled as through the eyes of Bobbie Burns, of the war in its early stages from the euphoria of enlistment to the grim battlefields of Ypres. Munroe was known for his mighty right hand, but in June 1915 a German sniper ended the war for Canada’s great heavyweight. Mopping Up! Originally published in 1918, is a patriotic, yet melancholy memoir of the war. It deserves its status as a Canadian Classic of the Great War.

by Lieutenant Jack Munroe

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With The Patricias, Vol.2, Capturing the Ridge

SiteAdmin — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:54:45 +0000

In this 130 page volume (April 1917) Steve Newman covers the early days of the Patricias on Vimy Ridge in late 1916, culminating with the great attack on April 9, 1917, during which the PPCLI captured all their objectives. The book includes a detailed Roll of Honour, Honours & Awards, list of cemeteries, battlefield tour, many biographies, etc.

by Stephen Newman

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